Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-08
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION

HiCO Courier: The average country
| editor, accustomed to subsist on crack
ers and fresh exchanges, and ever and
anon TO receive g blessing from some
one of his dear subscribers for something
that he has said which he should rot, or
something which he should have said
which he did not, cannot realize his own
vast importance or the Importance of his
profession. Nor IS he likely to ever
fully understand this until he attends a
meeting Of the Press Association. Then
he will learn it all. He VIII listen to
eulogium after euloeium on himself and
his profession; will De entertained in the
most royal manner, in fact will be the
recipient of more honor5, courtesies and
attentions Of every kind than he had ever
dreamed Of meTiti8g.
Fort Worth did her whole duty and
more toe, in entertaining the editors of
Texas. 4 visit to the
Lone Star Cracker Factory, owned and
controlled by the Wright Carter Cracker
Company. Mr.. Carter showed us through
the building and explained TO US the
workings of the various parts of curious
machinery. We saw them m Inufactur-
ing the crackers. Two beautiful young
ladies were stationed ct the door and as
we passed out they presented box Of
sample cakes to each faber shower, so we
can tTuthfully say that we took the cake,
and that, too, from the fair hand of
woman. Permit us to say that il ell the
goods made by this company are equal to
the samples, our merchants could do NO
better thing than buy their crackers and
cares in Fort Worth.
An excursion on the Fort Worth and
Rio Grande Railroad, PaddOck's road,
which he built with money saved out of
the new paper business. This road has
fine coaches and G splendid TOadbed so
far IS we passed over, thirtY-six miles,
and Paddock is the right man for presi-
dent.
A reception given the ladies by Mrs.
Hufmsn, which we learned was royal
affair. We did not attend this, IS we
were not Zone Of 'em"
The grand ball and banquet given US at
the pavilion by The Fort Worth GAZETTE.
This was the grandest affair of all, and is
entirely beyond description. There wss
q general attendance of the youth and
beauty Of the Fort. For gracefulness,
sociabllity and beauty we honestly believe
that the young ladies Of Fort Worth have
nc supeTiOrs, the renowned KentuckianS
not excepted. Neatly all Of the single
editors were completely pulverzed, and
many of those who were married
were heard to murmur with sigh: 81
wish were single again" When such
old re}iables as Furgerson, Whitley,
Haggard, Cranfll, Miller, jerks, Styles,
Bridges, Davis, Rust, ct al, enter into
and take prominent part IL g ball you
may be assured that il IS superb.
The drive over the city came of Tues
day, and as we did not arrive till late
Tuesday evening we missed this very in
teresting fes.ure Of The programme. We
took occasion, though, to visit the nam
moth wholesale grocery establishment CT
j. II. Brown, and can only say that it is
the largest and finest we have ever seen.
Now, in our narrative we leave the
Fort and feel that in doing SO we leave
one OF the mos. enterprising, bravest and
most hospitable cities of the west; and
we shall always remember the citizens
of that city as the particular friends of
the press of Texas. To the Fort Worth
GAZETTE we will say that the Courier ed
itor likes your city, your people, your
water and The GAZETTE.